Single-phase-motor control.



G. ,H. HILL.- SINGLE PHASE MOTOR CONTROL. APPTJIGATION FILEDSEPTIlS, 1907.

953,036 Patented Mar. 29, 1910.

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GEORGE E. HILL, cirscnnnnoren NEVI YORK, Assrcnon T GENERAL LECTRIC COMPANY, A oonronnrton on NEW YORK.

SINGLE-PHASE-MO'EOR CONTROL.

Appliration filed September To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. Him, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Control. of which the following is a speci fication.

My invention'relates to singlephase commutator motors having series characteristics, such as the compensatedseries motor or the repulsion motor, and the objectof my in- Vention is to improve the starting characteristics, of such motors,

now well understood in the art that Y sin 'le- )hase motors of the con'mmtator t )e t": 1

should have a comparatively weak field atstarting, since otherwise excessive currents are induced in the armature coils short-circuitcd by the commutator brushes, which currents produce sparking as soon as the armature begins to move, These short-circuit currents, in addition to producing bad commutation at starting,.haVe another effect which I believe has not heretofore been recognizcd. the secondary ot' a transformer, of which the field winding forms the primary. In transformer, as is well known, the flu); is not in phase with either the primary or the secondary current, but is in phase with the resultant of these two. Similarly, in the m0- tor the currents in the short-circuited armature coils, reacting on the field fiux which produces them, shift the phase of this fiux so that it is'no longer in phase with the field current. Therefore, if the field current at starting is in phase with the armature current, as is the case in series motor, and as is approximately the case in a 1' pulsion inotor, the field-flnx is thrown out of phase with the armaturecurrent, so, that. the start ing torque is lowered. This injurious cflect ot the short-circuit armature currents cannot be remedied by. reducing the fieldstrength. By my invention l empioya novel arrangcment 'of starting connections whereby the field-flux 1s fixed in phase with the armature current.

My invention consists in the method o operating a single-phase motor of the com:

Specification ofL'etters .Eatent;

The short'circuited coiis' act like- Patented MarQZQ, 1910. 13. 1907. Serial Ho. 392,632.

on the field Winding at starting avvoltage fixed in amount and phase,'andas-soon as the 'motorjha's started, changing the connections so that the currents in field and arma t'urc are kept inphase, regardless. of the phase relations of their terminal Voltages. l.he'fixed voltage impressed on the field terminals insures that the. field-flux. shall be exactly ninety degrees out of phase with the impressed voltage, regardless of. thereaction or theshort-circuitcurrents in the armature coils. Consequently, by properly selecting the phase of the voltage'impressed on the field terminals, the field-fink may befixed in phase with the armature-current. As soon as the armature starts, the electromoti e forces by rotation reduce the amount of the shortoircuited currents, so that the normal operating. connections may be established. Since the self-induction of the armature, even in a compensated series motor or in arepulsion motor, is high compared with the ohmic .resistance, perfect compensation being impossible because of magnetic leakage, the armature current at starting lags nearly ninety degrees behind the impressed Voltage. Consequentlygthe voltage impresed on the field winding at starting may be in phase .With the "oltage impressed on the armature, or, in other words, the field and the, armature may be connected in shunt, Accordingly, my invention, more specifically stated, consists in the method of operating a singlephase motor of the commutator type, which consists in connecting it as a shunt motor at starting, and when it has started, changing the connections to those of a series or repulsion motor, so asto cause it to operate with series characteristics.

,My invention further comprises a. novel arrangement of the controlling switch for such. motors adapted to facilitate the practice oi: the method above described.

My invention will best be understood by trolled in accordance with my invention, in the drawing, A AWepresentthoarxdw mutator. type, Whichconsists in, impressing rics .HUUSH lhc portion ol. the (monitor winding lletwocn points omic" to cont Fantli'. 'ilhelo orttu'n'iinaioi 9- B is also conncch-u": to contact tho nopcr terminal of 1 earthed. qnentl lwivicen control that is, i. liehl piilllll' through the tt'ans'lorn other mosgur 'rrinilii the terinin oi' tht anti 'g ru nul. 5 o t'rni'iccte' hv thew conintioi iln V I I I i A nehl llnx ot inc motors 1s Hint, in i amoun and in phase. This iHHQl} degrees behind the impr ssed w onscqncatly :u. the n v oriinacly in rents in 1c motors. \i hich arc l l g lagg; t ncarlv illiil) :l iit'illiilnl volt En .secotut non 1h .1-1:

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simply increases the voltage inion thoinotiors without. further change l a motor connections.

l tlt) not (lei'ro to limit myself to tho particular connections and arrangement of pro 12) t 1 par s lit-re shoun hut aim in the appended clan to cover all modifications which are Within the scono of my invention.

fhai l claim as now and desire to secure hr Letters Latcnt of the. United States, is:

o'czns through saitl windings are kept in llcss or the phase relations of their terminal .'olla; cs.

'3. 'l'hc n'zc'l'htul of operating a singlc-phaso 'aolor ol" ll c commutator typo which con- 4 it as a shunt motor at it has started changing the conncctlons to causc to operate: with cric-- clniractcristics.

:3. lilo method of operating a single-phase m r or n inrcommutator typo which con in conm-ciing the hclrl anrl armature in n star-tic "'ntl in series as soon as the motor has startml.

i. 'lhtmethod of o erating a single-phase motor of Eli comnn''alor typo snpt through a transl'ornwr which consists connecting lhc inotor trr:ninal:- to tho wanoormcr :iml Qh'lllbllslllng a. connection lion aha point of connoction hotucell fioltl t auto P to an intermediate point on r-an. ,ri-r so as to connect lieltl and armatur in shunt through tho trans'torrm-r a! starting. and opening saitl connection as s the motor startcil.

c nnhinmion, a single-phase motor l'nllilll ot' tho commutator typo having SQliGS charach-risln-s in normal operation, a source n'olor to the source as a shunt motor and in F aaz nciil po itions to cstabhsh normal 'J 10ml. in combination. a

singlopl1ase motor 0i lhc commutator type. a source of current;

thcrr-hn antl a controlling switch arranged in its lirsl position to connect the motorto rho source as a shunt; motor and m subse- 1' o ncni pos tions to connect tln motor to the MHH'H' as a \I:

fies motor.

7, hi combination, a singlophase series motor of the c-: n1nmtator type, a transformer for supplying current thereto, and a conlulliii ifllix'h arranged in its starting poion (.ritll llliliil a connection from the. point. of convection of armature and held to :11 intermccilalc point on the transformer iUU and in rnoi ing to subsequent positions to break said connection.

8. In combination, a single-phase motor having an armature winding provided with a commutator, a compensating winding, and

a field or exciting winding, a source of current for the motor, and a controlling switch arranged in its first position to connect the motor to the source with the field Winding in I parallel with the other two windings and in 10 its subsequent positions to connect the field in series with the other windings. v Y In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of September, 1907.

GEORGE H. HILL.

Witnesses BENJAMIN B. HULL, BERTIIA Sncon. 

